The World is a web of lies, some are just better woven than others.
"Who are you?" they asked. I looked at them with a bright smile on my face and with a calm voice I replied "We're the Willows, it's nice to meet you."
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Glenworm is a small town in the north of Oregon, so small that most don't know it exists; that's why they never have visitors. All the townspeople care about is the yearly worm festival, and the small community they have grown used to. It's as normal as can be, the rampaging teens, stuck up mayor and passive residents make it a peaceful and very safe abode for the people who live there. So imagine the surprise of the town when late December, a moving van arrives, bringing along with it the mysterious Willows.
Furthermore they now occupy the York mansion, the first to do so as long as anyone in the town can remember. Gossip arises as the eager folks watch the oblivious twin sisters and their lonesome father blend into the traditional community. Who are they, and what has brought them here in the middle of the school year?
Sit back, relax and watch the story of the Willows unfold...
Warning! Mild swearing
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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